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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.14179, -0.91952
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +39 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route250 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 250 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Church of St Mary the Virgin
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,743 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,743 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Skylark · Blue Tit · Robin +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Beautiful Demoiselle · Helophilus
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- HelophilusHelophilus
Green Alkanet · Hogweed · Creeping Cinquefoil · Common Fleabane · Parsley-piert +70
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
- Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis2024
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,743 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Skylark · Blue Tit · Robin +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Beautiful Demoiselle · Helophilus
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- HelophilusHelophilus
Green Alkanet · Hogweed · Creeping Cinquefoil · Common Fleabane · Parsley-piert +70
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
- Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis2024
- Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis2024Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024HemlockConium maculatum2024HemlockConium maculatum2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2024Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common RestharrowOnonis repens2024Common RestharrowOnonis repens2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2024Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2024Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Common CouchElymus repens2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Field PansyViola arvensis2024Field PansyViola arvensis2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale2024Narrow-leaved PepperwortLepidium ruderale2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024Yellow-Juiced PoppyPapaver lecoqii2024Yellow-Juiced PoppyPapaver lecoqii2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024White CampionSilene latifolia2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Events & activities nearby
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